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| Iraq's PM leads again in tight election race
- BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reclaimed the lead on Wednesday over secularist challenger Iyad Allawi in results from a March 7 parliamentary election that has been dogged by fraud allegations. |
| Banker sues SocGen, claims he was "too successful"
- LONDON (Reuters) - A former banker is suing his old employer, French bank Societe Generale, claiming he was dismissed for being "too successful." |
| Thai "red shirts" splatter blood at PM's home
- BANGKOK (Reuters) - Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government rejected calls for elections. |
| Cuban police haul protesting "Ladies in White" away
- HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban police grabbed members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" by their hair, dragged them into a bus and drove them away to break up a protest march on Wednesday. |
| Canadian accused of defrauding Honeywell dies in U.S.
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian man charged by U.S. prosecutors two weeks ago with trying to fraudulently obtain aircraft parts from Honeywell International Inc was found dead in his New York apartment, apparently of natural causes, his lawyer said on Wednesday. |